Battle of Edgecote Moor

The Battle of Edgecote Moor was fought on 26 July 1469 during the Wars of the Roses. A rebellious Lancastrian army routed a Yorkist army sent to quell a rebellion in Northamptonshire.

Background
In 1467, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, fearing that King Edward IV of England's marriage to the lower noblewoman Elizabeth Woodville would weaken the Neville family's influence (by introducing the Woodville family to power) and ruin his diplomatic reputation (he had been negotiating a French match for Edward when the King snubbed him by marrying Elizabeth), left King Edward's court and began plotting against the King. In 1469, Warwick's captain Robin of Redesdale started a rebellion against King Edward in the north, forcing the King to march north to Nottingham to confront the rebels. Upon learning that the rebels outnumbered him, he decided to wait for reinforcements, but Warwick entered London shortly after and declared for the rebels, as did his son-in-law and the King's brother, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence.

Battle
The rebels then managed to bypass Nottingham and attack the Royal reinforcements at Edgecote Moor in Northamptonshire. Supported by Warwick's troops, the rebels routed the forces of the King, and Edward was captured on his way back to London.

Aftermath
Warwick's attempt to rule in the King's name or even dethrone him failed, as Edward was still very popular among the nobility and the commoners. Rebellions forced Warwick to release the King, and his influence was destroyed. In March 1470, Warwick instigated another rebellion in Lincolnshire, and it was crushed by Edward at the Battle of Losecoat Field.